Chapel Hill, North Carolina – The John Edwards for President
campaign announced today that Congressman Charlie Gonzalez endorsed Senator
John Edwards as the Democratic nominee for President.

“Charlie Gonzalez is a great friend to working Texans and working Americans
and I am honored to have his support,” said Edwards. “Charlie’s years
of experience fighting to expand opportunity in our country will be a tremendous
asset in our campaign to change America.”

Congressman Gonzalez released the following letter endorsing Edwards
for President:

Dear fellow Texas Democrat:

I am writing to inform you that I am endorsing John Edwards for President.

John Edwards and I share a commitment to improving the lives of working
families. He understands, as I do, that the key to economic development
is making sure that our society honors and rewards hard work. Any American
who is willing to work hard should have the opportunity to create a better
life for his or her family, and John Edwards has spent his life fighting
to make this happen.

Among his many efforts to help working Americans, John Edwards has
been a tireless advocate for raising the minimum wage. In 2006, he
criss-crossed the nation to help pass ballot initiatives raising the minimum
wage in six states, since the previous Republican-led Congress refused
to raise the federal minimum wage. John Edwards is focused on strengthening
our middle class and lifting more Americans out of poverty. He has
proposed a comprehensive health care plan that will provide health insurance
for every American, and he is committed to removing barriers that stand
in the way of young people’s dreams of attending college. John Edwards
has bold ideas to change our nation and build an America that values hard
work.

I am convinced that John Edwards is both the strongest candidate we
can nominate for President in 2008, and also the candidate who will fight
hardest to implement an agenda that will improve the lives of the citizens
in my district, and in the nation. John Edwards has my full endorsement
and my enthusiastic support. I hope you will join me in supporting
his candidacy.

Sincerely,

Charles A. Gonzalez
U.S. Representative
20th Congressional District of Texas